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Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England / David Koistinen ; Foreword by Timothy J. Minchin and Richard Greenwald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koistinen, David.
- Series:
- Working in the Americas.
- Working in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile industry--New England--History.
- Textile industry.
- Textile industry--Massachusetts--History.
- Deindustrialization--New England--History.
- Deindustrialization.
- New England--Economic conditions.
- New England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focuses on Massachusetts textile industries to understand the process of deindustrialization and three common responses to it: cutbacks in regulation, federal intervention, and economic development.
- Contents:
- Deindustrialization in New England
- Retrenchment
- Federal assistance
- Economic development
- Small business financing in mid-Twentieth-century New England
- Small business finance and electronics spinoff companies along Route 128
- Responses to deindustrialization in New England during the cold war years
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4698-X
- 0-8130-4859-1
- OCLC:
- 863157289
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